AST RESEARCH, INC. TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1180 12/04/96
TITLE: Premmia GX Low HDD Benchmark Perform
ISSUE
The Premmia GX EIDE system indicates low hard disk drive
benchmark performance, as compared to other third-party EIDE
systems. This issue affects the following systems: 501457,
501700, and 501522.
BACKGROUND
The system ships as a PIO (programmed input/output) mode "0"
standard IDE by default, rather than PIO "mode 3" enhanced IDE.
ACTION
To improve hard disk drive performance, follow the steps below:
1. Obtain file SETIDE.EXE from any of AST's On-Line!
services as follows:
AST WWW Site: http://www.ast.com
AST On-Line! BBS*: See IB0001.TXT
CompuServe: GO: ASTFORUM
Prodigy: JUMP: ASTSUPPORT
* Refer to IB0001.TXT for a list of AST's
international BBS numbers.
2. Run SETIDE.EXE from DOS and follow the on-screen
instructions.
3. Enable the 32-bit disk I/O and set multi- sectoring to
auto. The system will perform to designed
specifications.
NOTES
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TAN N/A
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